CN2612058Y - Touching vacuum fluorescent display and its digital control device - Google Patents

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CN2612058Y
CN2612058Y CN 03226103 CN03226103U CN2612058Y CN 2612058 Y CN2612058 Y CN 2612058Y CN 03226103 CN03226103 CN 03226103 CN 03226103 U CN03226103 U CN 03226103U CN 2612058 Y CN2612058 Y CN 2612058Y
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吴小飞
彭耀泉
陈一全
杨耀虎
唐国安
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A touch-type vacuum fluorescence display device is composed of a transparent display panel, and a cathode, an anode, and a fluorophor arranged in a glass tube. The utility model is characterized in that the outer surface of the transparent display panel is distributed with at least one layer of film circuit composed of different film circuit units in different areas on the transparent display panel, to be layered into a touch sensitive type press-touch/resistance/inductance/capacitor film circuit. The different film circuit units are respectively connected with different pins of a signal processing chip. The utility model combines the vacuum fluorescence display device for outputting data information with a touch screen for inputting operation/control data, to realize integrated data display and data control.

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Touch vacuum fluorescent display and numerical control device thereof
[technical field]
The utility model relates to a kind of digital control and man-machine communication's apparatus field, is specifically related to a kind of data demonstration of vacuum fluorescence tubular type and the field of control appliance.
[background technology]
Along with the development of electronic computer and digital technology, the application scenario of electronic computer and numerical control device and requirement be trend variation day by day also, and correspondingly, man-machine communication's equipment is variation day by day also.In man-machine communication's equipment, the display of vacuum fluorescence tubular type (VFD) is compared with other display device, and is still in the ascendant with its following advantage: as high brightness luminescent/demonstration, its brightness generally can reach 1000cd/m 2About, special requirement can also reach 2000cd/m 2More than, such luminous intensity is tens of times of LED, and also strong more a lot of than LCD, this product to the open air use is even more important, also can satisfy the requirement of various outdoor uses substantially, for example the successful Application of vacuum fluorescence tube display on outdoor fuel charger and guide plate; In addition, the high-contrast of vacuum fluorescence tube display shows, (color LCD can be accomplished in low-cost colored demonstration, but cost performance is improper), the innervation of complex pattern shows, the restriction of no visual angle, high environmental suitability and reliability, but uvioresistant, anti-vibration, wide operating temperature range, life-span is long, can bear the big vibration and the impact that are equivalent to the semiconductor device requirement, or the like above-mentioned these advantages, the display of vacuum fluorescence tubular type can be used at the high humidity environment as washing machine, high vibration environment as automobile, the chamber inside/outside other widely under the environment of special-purpose ... in a word, the vacuum fluorescence tube display still is in strong status in intense market competition.
The structure of existing VFD device mainly by the glass bulb of vacuum environment, be contained in negative electrode, anode and the fluorophor in the glass bulb, the electrod-array of from glass bulb, drawing pin etc. and constitute, wherein a class VFD also has the grid of control cathode electronics; Their operation principle is: under vacuum environment, cathode emission electronics, electronics pass through or control without grid under anode electric field attracts, and the fluorophor pattern on the anode substrate of collision carrying information is luminous then, thereby demonstrates needed information.Under the state-of-the art, because the touch-screen that control VFD shows is and the VFD split, the transparent display floater of the glass bulb upper end of vacuum fluorescence tube display VFD, can only be as a kind of interface of digital processing device output informations such as computer, will be when digital processing device input operation information such as computer and the control command for people, it is powerless, and need or a large amount of function control switches is installed be realized at other local preparation touch-screen separately, so that cause the digital processing device structures such as computer of present special-purpose too complicated, entire machine is difficult to miniaturization, and very inconvenient man-machine communication's information.
[summary of the invention]
At the above-mentioned shortcoming of prior art, technical problem to be solved in the utility model is will provide a kind of will be in the same place, can realize that with the Touch Screen that is used as input operation information and control data data show and incorporate touch vacuum fluorescent display of Data Control and numerical control device thereof as the vacuum fluorescent display of dateout information.
For this reason, a kind of touch vacuum fluorescent display of technical solution of the present utility model, this touch vacuum fluorescent display is by transparent display floater and is enclosed in parts such as negative electrode in the glass bulb, anode, fluorophor and is constituted that it is characterized in that: distributing is provided with thin film circuit on described transparent display floater outer surface.
Described thin film circuit is made of the different thin film circuit unit that distribution is arranged on the zones of different of described transparent display panel, and this different thin film circuit unit is connected with the different pins of signal processing chip respectively.
Described thin film circuit has the structure of one layer or more, and wherein one deck is transparent or/and opaque lead rete at least, and the press-contacting type of stacked formation touch-sensitive type or/and resistance-type or/and inductance type or/and the capacitive films circuit.
Described transparent display panel surface the viewing area of described fluorophor by correspondence and is formed away from the non-display area of described fluorophor; Described thin film circuit is to distribute to be arranged on the viewing area of described transparent display panel or/and on the non-display area.
Be attached on the viewing area of described transparent display panel is the clear films circuit; Be attached on the non-display area of described transparent display panel is transparent or/and opaque thin film circuit; Being attached to described viewing area simultaneously is that separate or whole with thin film circuit on the non-display area.
Described transparent membrane circuit is made of layer of transparent lead film at least; Described opaque thin film circuit is made of the opaque lead film of one deck at least.
Described transparent lead film is the metal wire film that forms through the photoetching erodibility on transparent substrate or panel surface.
Described transparent membrane circuit has 1~4 layer structure: wherein the transparent membrane circuit of 1 layer of structure is attached to the transparent lead film on the display floater; The transparent membrane circuit of 2 layers of structure comprises layer of transparent lead film, layer of transparent substrate, one of two layers is being attached display floater; The transparent membrane circuit of 3-tier architecture comprises at least one deck transparent substrate, layer of transparent lead film at least, one of three layers is being attached display floater; The transparent membrane circuit of 4 layers of structure comprises two layers of transparent substrate, two layers of transparent lead film, and one of four are being attached display floater.
The thickness of described transparent substrate is below 1mm.
Two of technical solution of the present utility model is a kind of numerical control devices, and this numerical control device has adopted aforesaid touch vacuum fluorescent display.
The utility model is on the transparent display panel zone of original vacuum fluorescent display, adopt modern accurate printing technologies such as photoetching erodibility, or the plain conductor film directly is printed on the transparent display panel surface, or the printing earlier of plain conductor film is etched on the layer of transparent substrate, and then this certain of thin film circuit that is printed with the plain conductor film simultaneously is attached on the transparent display panel zone of original touch vacuum fluorescent display, form the touch-sensitive type press-contacting type or/and resistance-type or/and inductance type or/and capacitive films thin film circuit unit, and the lead-out wire of the thin film circuit unit of above-mentioned formation is connected with the data-signal process chip again, people are by touching the thin film circuit unit of zones of different, just can send various operation informations and control data to the data-signal process chip, thereby realize the data of vacuum fluorescent display are shown do control nearby according to instant seen display message, and even directly control the operation of whole numerical control device nearby;
Consider the non-display area that may exist viewing area that fluorescence sees through and no fluorescence to see through on the transparent display panel, the utility model provides transparent or two kinds of selections of opaque thin film circuit: attach the clear films circuit on the viewing area that fluorescence sees through, make the thin film circuit that increases newly can not influence the outside demonstration of fluorescence information, and on non-display area that no fluorescence sees through or zone of opacity, can attach opaque thin film circuit, to reduce the cost of manufacture of circuit, increase the feasibility and the market competitiveness that realize;
Consider different environments for use, condition and corresponding different requirement, the thin film circuit unit that the utility model has designed several dissimilar touch-sensitive types comprises: press-contacting type, inductance type, condenser type resistance-type etc. or their various combinations on same thin film circuit, in the hope of reaching the challenge that adapts to various extreme environments and condition to greatest extent, realize maximum cost performance;
Concrete conditions such as material/features of shape at wet environment, usage frequency, electric induction type, vacuum fluorescent display, the utility model is also planned from the stacked number of thin film circuit, designed from one to four layer thin film circuit, best electomechanical response performance or the lead rete of effective protection inside or the fastening degree that increase attaches etc. can according to circumstances or be provided;
The utility model utilizes that the light transmission of some metal under filminess increases suddenly, still good this mature technology of conductivity, it is used to improve existing vacuum fluorescent display dexterously, making it to become demonstration of collection data and Data Control is the touch vacuum fluorescent display of one, implement easily, with low cost, have potential market and promotion prospect.
Below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments the utility model is made and to further specify.
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Fig. 1 is the planar development schematic diagram of the utility model embodiment 1 structure.
Fig. 2 shows schematic diagram for the A-A of Fig. 1 structure cuts open to facade.
Fig. 3 shows schematic diagram for the facade of the utility model embodiment 2 structures cuts open.
Fig. 4 shows schematic diagram for the facade of the utility model embodiment 3 structures cuts open.
Fig. 5 shows schematic diagram for the facade of the utility model embodiment 4 structures cuts open.
Fig. 6 shows schematic diagram for the facade of the utility model embodiment 5 structures cuts open.
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Embodiment 1
As shown in Figure 1, 2:
A kind of touch vacuum fluorescent display of the present utility model, this touch vacuum fluorescent display is by transparent display floater 1 and is enclosed in parts such as cathode filament 3 in the glass bulb 2, anode fluorophor 4, grid 5, screening conductive layer 6 and is constituted that distributing is provided with thin film circuit 7 on described transparent display floater 1 outer surface.
Described thin film circuit 7 is made of the different thin film circuit unit that distribution is arranged on the zones of different of described transparent display panel 1, and this different thin film circuit unit is connected with the different pins of signal processing chip (not shown) respectively.
Described thin film circuit 7 is laminar structures, and by the press-contacting type thin film circuit that layer of transparent lead rete constitutes, this transparent lead film is the metal wire film that forms through the photoetching erodibility on display floater 1 surface.
This transparent lead film thin film circuit 7 is that the distribute correspondence be arranged on described transparent display panel 1 on the viewing area and the non-display area away from anode fluorophor 4 of anode fluorophor 4 (difference expression); Be attached on the viewing area of transparent display panel 1 is the clear films circuit; Be attached on the non-display area of transparent display panel 1 is opaque thin film circuit (difference expression).
A kind of numerical control device (not shown), this numerical control device have adopted aforesaid touch vacuum fluorescent display.
Embodiment 2
As shown in Figure 3:
A kind of touch vacuum fluorescent display of the present utility model, this touch vacuum fluorescent display is by transparent display floater 1 and is enclosed in parts such as cathode filament 3 in the glass bulb 2, anode fluorophor 4, screening conductive layer 6 and is constituted that distributing is provided with thin film circuit on described transparent display floater 1 outer surface.
Described thin film circuit is made of the different thin film circuit unit (ginseng Fig. 1) that distribution is arranged on the zones of different of described transparent display panel 1, and this different thin film circuit unit is connected with the different pins of signal processing chip (not shown) respectively.
Described thin film circuit is the transparent membrane circuit with 2 layers of structure: comprise layer of transparent lead film 7, layer of transparent substrate 8, described transparent lead film 7 is to be the metal wire film that forms through the photoetching erodibility on transparent substrate 8 surfaces below the 1mm at thickness, and the inductance type thin film circuit of stacked formation touch-sensitive type; Wherein transparent substrate 8 is close to and is attached on the display floater 1;
Described transparent display panel 1 surface the viewing area of described anode fluorophor 4 and is formed (not difference expression) away from the non-display area of described anode fluorophor 4 by correspondence; Described thin film circuit is to distribute to be arranged on the viewing area of described transparent display panel 1 and the thin film circuit of non-display area (not difference expression).Be attached to thin film circuit on described viewing area and the non-display area simultaneously owing to whole transparent substrate 8 forms an integral body.
A kind of numerical control device (not shown), this numerical control device have adopted aforesaid touch vacuum fluorescent display.
Embodiment 3
As shown in Figure 4:
A kind of touch vacuum fluorescent display of the present utility model, this touch vacuum fluorescent display is by transparent display floater 1 and is enclosed in parts such as cathode filament 3 in the glass bulb 2, anode fluorophor 4, grid 5, screening conductive layer 6 and is constituted that distributing is provided with thin film circuit on described transparent display floater 1 outer surface.
Described thin film circuit is made of the different thin film circuit unit (ginseng Fig. 1) that distribution is arranged on the zones of different of described transparent display panel 1, and this different thin film circuit unit is connected with the different pins of signal processing chip (not shown) respectively.
Described thin film circuit is the transparent membrane circuit with 3-tier architecture: layer of transparent lead film 7, lower floor's transparent substrate 8 in the middle of comprising, upper strata transparent substrate 9, described transparent lead film 7 is to be the metal wire film that forms through the photoetching erodibility on lower floor's transparent substrate 8 surfaces below the 1mm at thickness, and the upper strata covering is glued with upper strata transparent substrate 9 as protective layer, the capacitive films circuit of the stacked formation touch-sensitive of trilamellar membrane type; Wherein lower floor's transparent substrate 8 is close to and is attached on the display floater 1;
Described transparent display panel 1 surface the viewing area of described anode fluorophor 4 and is formed (not difference expression) away from the non-display area of described anode fluorophor 4 by correspondence; Described thin film circuit is to distribute to be arranged on the viewing area of described transparent display panel 1 and the thin film circuit of non-display area (not difference expression).Be attached to thin film circuit on described viewing area and the non-display area simultaneously owing to whole transparent substrate 8 forms an integral body.
A kind of numerical control device (not shown), this numerical control device have adopted aforesaid touch vacuum fluorescent display.
Embodiment 4
As shown in Figure 5:
A kind of touch vacuum fluorescent display of the present utility model, this touch vacuum fluorescent display is by transparent display floater 1 and is enclosed in parts such as cathode filament 3 in the glass bulb 2, anode fluorophor 4, grid 5, screening conductive layer 6 and is constituted that distributing is provided with thin film circuit on described transparent display floater 1 outer surface.
Described thin film circuit is made of the different thin film circuit unit (ginseng Fig. 1) that distribution is arranged on the zones of different of described transparent display panel 1, and this different thin film circuit unit is connected with the different pins of signal processing chip (not shown) respectively.
Described thin film circuit is the transparent membrane circuit with 3-tier architecture: two-layer transparent lead film 7-1,7-2 in the middle of comprising, described transparent lead film 7-2 is to be the metal wire film that forms through the photoetching erodibility on upper strata transparent substrate 9 surfaces below the 1mm at thickness, the upper strata transparent substrate 9 that covers the upper strata is simultaneously as protective layer, the resistance-type thin film circuit of the stacked formation touch-sensitive of trilamellar membrane type;
Described transparent display panel 1 surface the viewing area of described anode fluorophor 4 and is formed (not difference expression) away from the non-display area of described anode fluorophor 4 by correspondence; Described thin film circuit is to distribute to be arranged on the viewing area of described transparent display panel 1 and the thin film circuit of non-display area (not difference expression).Be attached to thin film circuit on described viewing area and the non-display area simultaneously owing to whole upper strata transparent substrate 9 forms an integral body.
A kind of numerical control device (not shown), this numerical control device have adopted aforesaid touch vacuum fluorescent display.
Embodiment 5
As shown in Figure 6:
A kind of touch vacuum fluorescent display of the present utility model, this touch vacuum fluorescent display is by transparent display floater 1 and is enclosed in parts such as cathode filament 3 in the glass bulb 2, anode fluorophor 4, grid 5, screening conductive layer 6 and is constituted that distributing is provided with thin film circuit on described transparent display floater 1 outer surface.
Described thin film circuit is made of the different thin film circuit unit (ginseng Fig. 1) that distribution is arranged on the zones of different of described transparent display panel 1, and this different thin film circuit unit is connected with the different pins of signal processing chip (not shown) respectively.
Described thin film circuit is the transparent membrane circuit with 4 layers of structure: two-layer transparent lead film 7-1,7-2 in the middle of comprising, described transparent lead film 7-1,7-2 are to be the metal wire film that forms through the photoetching erodibility on lower floor's transparent substrate 8 below the 1mm and upper strata transparent substrate 9 surfaces at thickness respectively, the upper strata transparent substrate 9 that covers the upper strata is simultaneously as protective layer, the resistance-type thin film circuit of the stacked formation touch-sensitive of trilamellar membrane type;
Described transparent display panel 1 surface the viewing area of described anode fluorophor 4 and is formed (not difference expression) away from the non-display area of described anode fluorophor 4 by correspondence; Described thin film circuit is to distribute to be arranged on the viewing area of described transparent display panel 1 and the thin film circuit of non-display area (not difference expression).The thin film circuit that is attached to simultaneously on described viewing area and the non-display area forms an integral body owing to whole lower floor's transparent substrate 8 and upper strata transparent substrate 9.
A kind of numerical control device (not shown), this numerical control device have adopted aforesaid touch vacuum fluorescent display.

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1, a kind of touch vacuum fluorescent display, this touch vacuum fluorescent display is by transparent display floater and is enclosed in parts such as negative electrode in the glass bulb, anode, fluorophor and is constituted that it is characterized in that: distributing is provided with thin film circuit on described transparent display floater outer surface.
2, touch vacuum fluorescent display as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: described thin film circuit is made of the different thin film circuit unit that distribution is arranged on the zones of different of described transparent display panel, and this different thin film circuit unit is connected with the different pins of signal processing chip respectively.
3, touch vacuum fluorescent display as claimed in claim 2, it is characterized in that: described thin film circuit has the structure of one layer or more, wherein one deck is transparent or/and opaque lead rete at least, and the press-contacting type of stacked formation touch-sensitive type or/and resistance-type or/and inductance type or/and the capacitive films circuit.
4, as described touch vacuum fluorescent display one of in the claim 1,2,3, it is characterized in that: described transparent display panel surface the viewing area of described fluorophor by correspondence and is formed away from the non-display area of described fluorophor; Described thin film circuit is to distribute to be arranged on the viewing area of described transparent display panel or/and on the non-display area.
5, touch vacuum fluorescent display as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that: being attached on the viewing area of described transparent display panel is the clear films circuit; Be attached on the non-display area of described transparent display panel is transparent or/and opaque thin film circuit; Being attached to described viewing area simultaneously is that separate or whole with thin film circuit on the non-display area.
6, touch vacuum fluorescent display as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that: described transparent membrane circuit is made of layer of transparent lead film at least; Described opaque thin film circuit is made of the opaque lead film of one deck at least.
7, touch vacuum fluorescent display as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that: described transparent lead film is the metal wire film that forms through the photoetching erodibility on transparent substrate or panel surface.
8, touch vacuum fluorescent display as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that: described transparent membrane circuit has 1~4 layer structure: wherein the transparent membrane circuit of 1 layer of structure is attached to the transparent lead film on the display floater; The transparent membrane circuit of 2 layers of structure comprises layer of transparent lead film, layer of transparent substrate, one of two layers is being attached display floater; The transparent membrane circuit of 3-tier architecture comprises at least one deck transparent substrate, layer of transparent lead film at least, one of three layers is being attached display floater; The transparent membrane circuit of 4 layers of structure comprises two layers of transparent substrate, two layers of transparent lead film, and one of four are being attached display floater.
9, touch vacuum fluorescent display as claimed in claim 8, it is characterized in that: the thickness of described transparent substrate is below 1mm.
10, a kind of numerical control device is characterized in that: described numerical control device is to have adopted as described touch vacuum fluorescent display one of in the claim 1~9.
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